Fenn v. Holme
Supreme Court of the United States
This case -was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the "United States for the- district of Missouri. The 'case is explained in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Daniel
The defendant in error, as a citizen of the* State of Illinois,! instituted an action of ejectment against the plaintiff in the court above mentioned, and obtained a verdict and judgment against him for a tract of land, described in the declaration as a tract of land situated in St. Louis county, being the same tract'of land known as United States survey No. 2,489, and located by virtue of a New Madrid certificate No. 105, and containing six hundred and forty acres.
Both the plaintiff and defendant in the Circuit Court trace the origin of their titles to the settlement claim of one James Y.…
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